Deur elke dag te skryf, kan jy verhalend tot verhaal kom

Probeer sin maak met sinne wat nie wil sin maak nie. Dis die wese van skryfterapie - of journalling. En dis waarmee hierdie boek jou wil help: om deur jou gebrokenheid jouself te vind.

Skryfterapie is 'n bewese manier om deur verlies en trauma te werk, ongeag wat die aard of omvang van jou trauma is - om amper letterlik “tot verhaal te kom”, selfs al dink jy jy kan nie skryf nie.

Of jy jou werk verloor het, of deur 'n egskeiding moes worstel, of die slagoffer van misdaad was, of met 'n ernstige siekte gediagnoseer is, of 'n geliefde verloor het. Hierdie is alles lewensveranderende, traumatiese ervarings. Die antwoord oor die pad vorentoe lê in jouself: skryfterapie.

Dis boonop iets wat jy in jou eie tyd kan doen, en op verskillende maniere, van letterlik 'n dagboek hou op papier, net vir jou eie oë bedoel, tot 'n digitale dagboek soos 'n aanlyn blog. Of selfs dig, of krabbel op papier ... Of dalk selfs jou memoires skryf. Alles help jou “om tot verhaal te kom”. Hierdie boek is jou praktiese journalling-gids met van inspirasie uit die werk van vele skrywers tot praktiese “Maar hoe skryf ek?”-wenke.

Dis die eerste boek in Afrikaans oor skryfterapie. Rabe, 'n bekende in die media, skryf vir die eerste keer hier in boekformaat oor die selfdood van haar seun, waaroor daar al wyd berig is.

Why do some people create extraordinary impact while others with the same ability stall? This book lays out four fundamental principles grounded in science that have a multiplier effect on life and leadership and explain this paradox. It turns out it's not what talent you have – it's how you use it. The Four Principles are counterintuitive but are accessible and learnable, and their signifcant multiplier effect is explained and mathematically demonstrated.

Adrian Gore, founder and CEO of Discovery and Vitality, built a company from a single, bold idea into a global financial group serving over 50 million customers across 37 countries. He didn’t just scale a business; he created a whole new Shared-Value business model, a system so revolutionary it’s taught as a case study at Harvard Business School, and recognised by Fortune magazine as ‘changing the world’.

In The Four Principles, Gore reveals the framework and guiding principles that powered this trajectory:

• Disciplined Optimism: Why choosing optimism is the most rational path to seizing overlooked opportunities.
• Focused Urgency: Why your perceived time to make an impact is shorter than you think.
• Declared Goals: Setting bold goals triggers radical motivation and decisive action.
• The Pareto Tail: Target just a few high-power decisions to determine your life’s entire trajectory.

Die gebruik van vetkwarte is nie net vir kwilters nie, maar is baie meer veelsydig. Naaldwerkers gebruik ook graag die klein stukkies materiaal wat in pragtige bondeltjies in materiaalwinkels, asook by handwerk- en kunsmarkte teen ’n billike prys verkoop word. Elf talentvolle ontwerpers van regoor die wereld verduidelik stap-vir-stap in 50 Lapblokprojekte hul gunstelingpatrone en -projekte. Hierdie unieke versameling vinnige en maklike naaldwerkprojekte sluit kontemporere idees vir doen-dit-self dekor, bykomstighede, en geskenke in – alles gemaak met behulp van vetkwarte. Dit wissel van eenvoudige projekte met een vetkwart na projekte met ’n paar vetkwarte vir ’n vinnige lappieskombers, en bevat meer komplekse projekte wat tot tien vetkwarte gebruik. Die versameling projekte bied die ideale oplossing vir naaldwerkers met ’n bondel vetkwarte wat wag om in iets moois omskep te word.

Life under lockdown has been a dramatic event. The fourth annual AVBOB Poetry Competition coincided with the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Yet the competition attracted a record number of entries. An excess of 41 000 poems were entered by writers between 7 and 98 years of age.

Six specially commissioned poems by established poets in each official language (66 poems with English translations) appear in this volume, as well as the three winning poems in each of South Africa’s 11 official languages (33 poems with English translations). To round out the collection, those 99 poems are completed by 4 contemporary Khoikhoi poems.

As voices from the past reach into the present, so the voices in this anthology will stretch into the future, when they will be read as a reflection of this terribly interesting time.

These words of beauty and balm by some of South Africa’s finest poets will offer readers a definite taste from diverse voices. The poems on these pages will comfort and console the bereft. Immerse yourself and be inspired, as these flights of imagination uplift your spirit.

’n Mens wil glo dat kinders nie verdriet ervaar nie, maar hulle beleef dit wel.

Selfs as ’n mens dit regkry om kinders teen die ergste hartseer te beskerm, sal daar tog ’n keer kom wat hulle een of ander vorm van verlies ervaar en daaroor sal rou.

Die dood van hetsy ’n maat, familielid of troeteldier, is nie die enigste vorm wat verlies aanneem nie. Ook as ouers skei, verander ’n kind se lewe dramaties en kan sy nét sulke heftige emosies beleef soos wanneer iemand sterf.

Kinders is veerkragtig en kan met hulp weer hul lewens voortsit. Dié boek bevat wenke, idees en ’n leesgids vir ouers, onderwysers, familie en vriende van kinders van alle ouderdomme. Die aktiwiteite in die boek help om spelenderwys ’n ruimte vir heling vir kinders te skep. Die pragmatiese en sensitiewe raad het ook ten doel om volwassenes ’n woordeskat te gee wanneer verdriet hulle tot stilte ruk.

TEENAGERS ARE THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW. THIS BOOK IS AN EMPOWERING GUIDE THAT WILL BUILD A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WHO ARE READY TO MAKE THEIR MARK AND OWN THEIR SPACE IN THE WORLD.

Teenage years can be tumultuous with all the challenges teenagers face and all the choices they have to make. Many of these choice affect their future and the consequences (good or bad) are often visible all the way into adulthood. Maneuvering Teenage Life is much more than just an all-encompassing life manual; it is an accountability partner and a go-to-guide to help teenagers navigate this very important season of their lives with ease.

The power of this guide lies in the practical principles that teens can apply in their everyday lives. Each chapter has a “Teaching Lesson” which reinforces specific concepts for adulthood, as well as a “declaration” section with exercises for them to do. The book outlines the various challenges teens face in different settings such as home, among their peers in society and at school. It offers practical strategies for helping a teen manage and win. Topics range from career, mental & physical wellness to business to money handling.

This book is for teens and adults looking for an inspirational book that encourages them to reach for the stars. In addition to this, Princess’ personal story will inspire teens to stop making excuses and start making plans. Born into poverty in the dusty streets of a township in Mpumalanga, she was determined to defy the odds and break belief barriers; she went on to be the first of her 7 maternal siblings to graduate from high school and pursue education as her way of escaping her hard childhood environment.

Transition from childhood to adulthood with the life changing information in this companion book.

A searing, intimate memoir tracing the author’s attempt to find out the truth about her father’s murder.

Robin McGregor, an older man living in a small town outside Cape Town, is brutally murdered in his home. Cecil Thomas is convicted for the crime, but his trial leaves more questions than answers. His daughter, Liz, tries to move beyond her grief but she still wants answers. What drove Thomas to torture and kill a complete stranger?

The author meets the murderer’s family and discovers that he comes from a loving, comfortable home. He is educated and skilled – there is no apparent reason for his descent into delinquency. After protracted obstruction from the prison authorities, she finally gets to confront him but not without putting herself in danger. She finds answers, but not the answers she is looking for.

Unforgiven tells a story seldom told: what happens to a family when one of their own is murdered?

Bevat baie figure en foto's. Daar is duisende soorte soetrissie. Dit is 'n gewilde speserye wat oral in die wêreld voorkom. Baie mense hou van soetrissies. Sommige mense verwerf uitgebreide kennis en begin die beste variëteite versamel. Diegene wat van goeie kos hou, ervaar groot tevredenheid as hulle die versameling tuisgemaakte soetrissies wys. Op hierdie manier kan gaste hul gunsteling geur kies. In die somer- en herfsmaande kan die gekleurde vrugte direk van hul plante gepluk word om onmiddellik op die tafel bedien te word met al die kleure en aromas.

Daar is baie soorte soetrissies wat kandidate is vir "die warmste peper ter wêreld". Die pittige Habanero-peper was lank aan die bokant van die lys. Boonop aan die bokant van die Guinness Book of Records vind u die peper "Trinidad Scorpion Moruga" of die "Carolina Reaper".

Hierdie boek sal u op 'n eenvoudige en volledige manier al die inligting gee vir die kweek van soetrissies. 'n Paar blompotte op 'n klein terras is voldoende vir goeie resultate. Verder sal hierdie boek die tegniek vir die kweek van peperplante wat nie aan die einde van die seisoen sterf nie, bekend maak.

This unique book is the first ever written in isiZulu by a Zulu author. Magema Fuze wrote it in the early 1900s, and published it privately in 1922 under the title Abantu Abamnyama, Lapa Bavela Ngakona.

In this fascinating work, the author gives his views on racial origins and differences, and describes the settlement of the black people throughout Natal. He records the traditional customs of the Zulu people, and gives an overview of Zulu history during the turbulent period of the nineteenth century, from the perspective of the black people who lived through it.

Integrated with this is Bishop Colenso’s account of Natal history, which Fuze reproduces and comments on. Of added interest is Hlonipha Mokoena’s foreword that offers insightful commentary on the contextual realities and challenges of the time.

Abantu Abamnyama is a resource to be valued, providing unique source material on Zulu history and Zulu life in the time of Shaka and beyond. It will be of interest to anyone who has ever asked themselves, 'Where did the black people come from?'.

A great self-help book written for personal motivation, inspiration and growth. Extensive research were done prior to publication, which is supported by qualified psychologists.

The author had initially penned Letter from A Father as a letter to his children some 50 years and only recently transformed into a book. It contains powerful lessons on issues such as character, peer pressure, socialization, ethics and success, amongst others.

It is also packed with encouragement, practical strategies and solutions to many real-life issues. It is also rich with impactful quotes

In Skeef deel mediapersoonlikheid Renaldo Schwarp op sy kenmerkend spitvondige manier praktiese advies en verhale oor alle aspekte van gay-wees.

Uitkom, boelies, liefdesverhoudings, skooldae, universiteitsjare, ouers, verteenwoordiging, seksualiteit, geloof - geen onderwerp is taboe nie. Schwarp fokus op die leefwêreld van LGBTIQ+-Suid-Afrikaners, plaas dit in internasionale en historiese kontekste en bied 'n woordeskat. Schwarp vertel sy eie storie. Hy klop ook aan by bekendes soos Rian van Heerden, Marc Lottering, Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, Boer Damian en Joe Foster om 'n genuanseerde beeld van eietydse gay-wees te skets.

In 'n onthutsend eerlike hoofstuk vertel sy ma, Verenia, van die uitdagings van gaykindgrootmaak. Die raakvatters agter die gewilde Mannetjiesvrou-podsending verwelkom jou ook in die voorkamer van die lesbiër.

Selfs al is dinge soms moeiliker vir LGBTIQ-mense, dra Skeef 'n boodskap van hoop oor vir gay mense, hul ouers en bondgenote. Selfaanvaarding, outentisiteit, gesonde verhoudings en geluk is gays beskore - hierdie boek vertel hoe.

While under lockdown, women's work expanded exponentially, especially care work at home, including emotional care work. What the pandemic exposed is the unpaid care work that most women perform. Midway through the stages of lockdown researchers started to do surveys to find out what is happening to women, expressing the results of the research in statistical terms. Yet, this research does not get to the heart of the matter: women's lived experience of an historical epoch - of a virus spreading at breakneck speed across geographical boundaries, condemning the whole world to viral infections, state sanctioned lockdowns and death.

This has never happened before, so no-one was prepared for what was to come and how to handle the crisis. This collection of essays captures the existential feelings of anxiety, angst and uncertainty. They also express exhaustion, discovering new dimensions of life and rethinking priorities in the face of a rupture of what has gone before. What we hear in these essays are the voices of women speaking to this pandemic and what lockdown has meant to them and for them.

Some essays are written with raw emotion, others in beautiful poetic prose, some in poetry. Through the essays runs a golden thread of coming to terms with a new way of life and what it means to be a woman, a mother, a partner, a friend and a Covid-19 victim in the year that will be known as the year of the pandemic. The writers are from all walks and stages of life and the book represents stories from a range of different countries.

This collection of essays will help readers to make sense of the impact of Covid-19 on everyday reality.

Although the book is about how the suggested mindful program can replace detention, in schools, it will also be insightful for the reader to discover oneself and place him or herself on a new journey with new goals and motivation. To understand mindfulness, you must understand yourself.

To be mindful, one must discover oneself through real knowledge. The book aims to give you a dependable guideline as to how to implement a mindful program in your school. It is advisable that you have an in-depth knowledge of mindfulness, how to manage the internal self, how to understand others before you can implement a program of this nature in your school.

Your operating system (cemented beliefs), which has been developed and embedded over the years, should be formatted, removing the constant negative voice that keeps talking in the background. The voice that is telling you that you are not good enough, not pretty enough, not rich enough, not smart enough. Think for a moment. You are not good enough comparing to who?

A compelling, diverse, and often bizarre array of anecdotes that will help you navigate your business and personal lives in this most peculiar of worlds.

What do the knees of a deputy president, a blow-up doll and a model with big nipples have in common? They all taught the author valuable life lessons. Hustling, Happiness, and a Blow-Up Doll Named Percy tells moving personal stories from Dale Hefer’s life: from an award-winning marketing career culminating in becoming businesswoman of the year to her journey to sobriety, and provides key lessons and essential life and business tips. For example, why everyone needs a ‘Percy’ (a creative idea or simply the drive to do what one must to get things done). In addition to her own conclusions, Dale draws on the wisdom of her favourite philosophers – the Stoics, business partners, friends and, of course, her mum!

Using real-life experiences and humorous stories, Dale Hefer shows how to make some sense of this strange world and shares tips about how to navigate it so you, too, can find your own brand of happiness and learn sound business lessons along the way.

12 Crucial lessons on entrepreneurship; offering a fresh perspective, savvy advice and practical measures to put into place.

The journey of an entrepreneur means being a risk-taker, a visionary, a leader, a pit bull and essentially a superhero all rolled into one. Nevi Letcher found herself doing this. She worked her way up in corporate, invested in her personal development and climbed the ladder fast, racing down the same track every day, plugging holes, negotiating deals, coaching and directing her team, developing and tweaking successful strategies to bring big brands to life. She only really learned about business when she started her own agency and she reveals aspects that business school didn't teach her.

In Mind Your Own Business, Nevi shares what she learned and how she managed to implement strategies that saw her business grow and grow.

Find something you want to do – and then just do it. That's how real entrepreneurs always start. This is your time. Make your mark on the world.

In Suid-Afrika ken meer as 60% van kinders nie ’n pa nie. Hierdie gebrek aan ’n pa lei dikwels tot ’n gemis aan ’n gevoel van behoort.

Julian Jansen, joernalis van Rapport en oud-onderwyser, ondersoek hierdie fenomeen en hoe die probleem aangespreek kan word. Hy bespreek dit vanuit ’n praktiese én geestelike perspektief en betrek onlangse navorsing en geestelike en ander gemeenskapslede.

Julian verweef ook sy eie storie tussenin, en vra dan: hoekom het hy en sy broers nie skollies geword nie?

Whether you are married or single, this book is for you.

Are you single and desire to have a Godly relationship and a spouse who will walk with you till ever after? Or are you married and would like to enjoy and make firm the foundation of your marriage with your spouse? It doesn't matter how you started, or where you are in your relationship right now. It's never too late to begin or re-establish.

Marriage is a beautiful gift from God. Let's walk together through Purity's own story of love, tears and laughter, as we uncover some of the beautiful biblical truths which seem hidden but very simple for us to live as happy couples.

More than twelve years have passed since deadly xenophobic attacks swept unexpectedly through South Africa’s townships and informal settlements. The wave of violence left more than 60 people dead, hundreds injured and tens of thousands displaced from their homes and having to find refuge in makeshift refugee camps, community halls and police stations.

Now in 2021, xenophobia continues to rise. South African social media timelines are frequently punctuated with inflammatory language steeped in hatred. New episodes of violence are referred to as “cleaning” and refugees and migrants are called “cockroaches”. This is translating into real life violence: migrants were attacked in Durban as recently as this month.

[BR]OTHER is a visual record of this violence over the past twelve years. The foreword, written by former Constitutional Court Judge Justice Edwin Cameron, is accompanied by critical texts by Achille Mbembe, Joao Silva, Justice Malala, Koketso Moeti and others.

In documenting these events, the book aims to draw attention to the dangers that lie in hatred, intolerance and indifference. It is an urgent call to action. We must not ignore the warning signs.

Moet ’n mens gewild wees om geld te maak uit sosiale media? Nee!

Daar ís egter ’n hele rits duur lesse wat verified influencers, of erkende meningsvormers (dáái met die blou regmerkies), almal op die harde manier geleer het.

Tradisionele media speel toenemend tweede viool vir digitale en sosiale media – ’n rewolusie wat aan inhoudskeppers ongekende (en lonende!) nuwe geleenthede bied. Elma Smit het in 2019 as aanbieder die hoogste sport bereik: sy is deur twee globale organisasies gekies om die verteenwoordiger van hul digitale inhoud by twee verskillende wêreldbekertoernooie in minder as ses maande te wees. Tóg het sy in dieselfde tydperk meer munt daaruit geslaan om ’n influencer te wees as uit enigiets anders.

In Word ’n Influencer laat een van SA se topinhoudskeppers en -influencers vir die eerste keer die aap uit die mou oor hoe ’n mens ’n lojale gehoor opbou, hoeveel jy vir geborgde veldtogte kan vra en hoe om die vele slaggate te vermy. Nadia Jaftha, Katinka die Kat, Bouwer Bosch en Rachel Kolisi tel onder die uitgelese geselskap van influencers wat ook hul geheime deel, terwyl plaaslike en oorsese bemarkingsghoeroes verduidelik waarna hulle op soek is wanneer daar op influencers vir veldtogte besluit word.

Uit die Beek 2021 lui ’n nuwe reeks van hierdie klassieke Bybeldagboek in. Die oogmerk is om die Bybel binne die volgende klompie jare deur te lees. Vanjaar verskyn Uit die Beek weer uit die pen van die skrywer Barend Vos en soos altyd poog ons om die Bybel op ’n verantwoordelike manier te lees. Dit maak hierdie geliefde Bybelse dagboek soos altyd geskik vir persoonlike stiltetyd, vir huisgodsdiens en vir Bybelstudiegroepe. Maar mag die Gees van God ons help om God se arms om ons te voel. 

We can only make the Cape Flats a better place if we unite, fight for what is right and bring that culture of "I CAN" back to the Cape Flats.

We always hear about the negative things that happens the Cape Flats, but we seldom hear about the good things that comes from a place like the Cape Flats. In this book entitled,"Cape Flats-Love Affair", Stanley Jacobs shares with you the possibilities of true love, new beginnings and the changes one can make by simply starting to think differently. All the stories are based on true events and its inspired by the people and families currently living on the Cape Flats.

This book is indeed interesting, easy to read, packed with humour and the reader can easily relate to the stories.

“God is nie een of ander control freak nie . . . Hy laat die gelowige self keuses maak en self verantwoordelikheid neem.”

Wat beteken dit om vandag ’n Christen te wees? Dit is lankal nie meer genoeg om blindelings net Sondag ná Sondag die erediens by te woon nie, sê die geestelike leier en oudsoldaat Callie Roos. Dit is slegs deur ’n lewe in Christus dat ons werklik God se krag in ons kan beleef.

Volgens Callie beleef die kerk vandag ’n krisis en georganiseerde godsdiens hou gelowiges gevange in dogma en ’n behoefte aan beheer. Christene moet ontsnap uit die geestelike tronk wat hulle inperk en hul bestaande begripsraamwerk bevraagteken.

’n Lewe in Christus behels dat jy uitgaan in die wêreld en daadwerklik ’n verskil maak. Wanneer gewone Christen-mense Christus word vir ander, kan hierdie nuwe manier van glo ’n massabeweging word wat die ganse mensdom ten diepste sal aangryp.

In Christus beloof om te inspireer en gelowiges nuut oor hul Christenskap te laat dink.

Panicked thoughts. Vivid nightmares. Racing heart. Unrelenting dread. Witnessing the drowning death of her four-year-old brother Owen was the beginning of a lifetime of nightmares. Growing up during the oppressive system, apartheid, in South Africa, increased her anxiety as she struggled with her self-worth. And it was in writing her debut book, A Darker Shade of Pale: A Memoir of Apartheid South Africa, that she unravelled.

In Behind My Smile: The True Story of an Author, a Broken Spirit and a Healer, Beryl dissects her struggles with grief. After a lifelong battle with self-acceptance Beryl found the keys to overcoming the stigma of mental breakdown.

The book offers a candid and absorbing account of Beryl's healing journey. She shares details of the intensive work of clinical psychologist and energy medicine practitioner, Dr Geoff Lyons. This healing encouraged Beryl to explore her belief in the power of her heritage, the gifts available from contact with her ancestors and traditional healing methods. Having found a true healer, Beryl was able to see the richness of a life free of all manner of oppression -- political, psychological, material. Based on her healing she strongly believes that talk therapy and traditional healing must merge.

This story is essential reading for anyone who knows what it means to hover on the edge, and find a way to dive back into life.

André le Roux kyk waarom kinders moord pleeg, en vra: Wie se skuld is dit? Hy beskou gevalle soos Don Steenkamp, Henri van Breda, Phoenix Racing Cloud Theron en Morné Harmse (met sy swaard), in die lig van die nuutse navorsing. Gevallestudies sluit ook Nicolette en Hardus Lotter, die Waterkloof-4 en die onlangse geval van die Krugersdorpmoorde in.

In 1999, Rick Rohde, a Research Fellow of the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh, joined a long-term research project in the village of Paulshoek in Namaqualand, the aim of which was to understand and record the socio-economic and environmental history of the area. Some residents of Paulshoek were invited to contribute to the project through a photographic documentation of the life of the village. One of these photographers was Sophia Klaase, whose striking images of her family and friends became the subject of an exhibition fourteen years later.

Klaase’s images stood out for their intense and idiosyncratic representation of life in a materially impoverished community, and for their frank exploration of Klaase’s own relationship to her environment. Her photographs and this book demonstrate the intellectual and aesthetic rewards of true collaboration and sustained investigation, and introduce a new name into the tradition of South African documentary and vernacular photography. Klaase’s work is the cornerstone of this richly layered study of Paulshoek and its environs.